Alleged 'Satanic ritual' killer hospitalised after suicide bid

Nadine Esterhuizen was found lying dead in a pool of blood at her sister’s home.

Cape Town - The young woman accused of murdering her female friend during an apparent Satanic ritual is waiting to see a district surgeon before she can make her next appearance in court.

Corrine Jackson, 20, was expected to appear at the Mitchells Plain Magistrates’ Court Wednesday but the matter was postponed to Thursday.

Jackson, who allegedly tried to commit suicide by stabbing herself, had to wait for hours at the Mitchell’s Plain District Hospital and the Heideveld hospital to see a district surgeon on Wednesday but none was available.

Corrine Jackson is suspected of killing her friend in an alleged Satanic ritual.

The young woman, of Woodlands in Mitchells Plain, is accused of murdering her friend, Nadine Esterhuizen, 18, of Portland last Wednesday.